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Victor Wembanyama declares for 2023 NBA draft!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Shaq2Yao, Apr 21, 2023.

  1. Shaq2Yao

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    Houston Rockets 2025 Championship here we go!

     
  2. Houston77

    Houston77 COOKIES AND CAKE, MY TEAM BAKED!
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    Unexpected!!! This changes everything!!!
     
  3. Rokman

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    Wait, What???????? Who is this guy?
     
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    Dumb move, should do another year at ball state
     
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  7. Salvy

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    How many MVP's has Wembanyama won?
     
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    never heard of ‘em
     
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    Salt grass chicken tenders heading his way.
     
  11. Os Trigonum

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    who needs him, we have Sengun
     
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  13. smoothie

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    I thought he should've stayed one more year and worked on his game to improve his draft stock for next year.
     
  14. Corrosion

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    Meh, he look Ok.
     
  15. Gimmmethemike

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    Who is this scrub ?
     
  16. Ancient Moabite

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    no doubt ....or maybe he should come do a gleague yr to make sure he would be franchise/NBA caliber ready
     
  17. Gimmmethemike

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    or maybe play in China to see if he’s really good or not.
     
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    The odds are Wemby is destined to an injury shortened career. He may be the best player ever to play during that time but he will be a ticking time bomb likely to be more and more injury limited as he approaches 30 if he even makes it to 30.
     
  19. OremLK

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    Kareem played until he was 41, Dikembe until 42, Shaq and Artis Gilmore played until they were 38, David Robinson 37, Wilt 36. Yeah, those guys weren't quite as tall as Wemby, but they were all over 7'1", and there have been so few players Wemby's height to even play real minutes in the NBA that we just don't have a good track record one way or another.

    Yes, a handful of guys his height have flamed out with injuries, but it's the very definition of "small sample size". You can't really predict anything based upon such a small number of players.
     
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  20. KingSamJack

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    We are not getting him, we will be lucky to get Miller.
     

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